Celebration of a birthday
laughter sprinkled through
all the chatter around a table.
different backgrounds,
varied beliefs.
good food and birthday cake
never too old to celebrate each other.
“Celebrating what we hope for together is better
than fighting over what we believe separately.”
~ Steven Charleston, Ladder to the Light:
An Indigenous Elder’s Meditation on Hope and Courage
My fingers miss the worn ivories where memory tingles
with a lilt, a swell or scattered tinkle on the keyboard.
A sweet memory replayed
when piano music ripples
from the turntable. My fingers play silently & I smile.
“The piano is a mirror to the soul;
it expresses what you are feeling at the moment”
~ Alicia Keys, singer, songwriter, pianist
My kitty
His name is Jet
He speaks to me
with a soft meow
or just a polite sit and stare
when food prep is in the offing.
We have learned to translate
from feline to human
and back again ~
a quiet conversation with meaning.
“Cats seem to go on the principle that
it never does any harm to ask for what you want.”
~ Joseph Wood Krutch, author, critic and naturalist
(1893 - 1970)
